Red Bull does NOT give you wings, $13.5m lawsuit says so
 

Website letting consumers claim $10 cash back crashes after stampede


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10...wings_lawsuit/

A website set up by Red Bull to allow its caffeine guzzling consumers to stake a claim to a multi-million dollar award for failing to get the wings its ad slogan promised, crashed under the weight of interest.

The Austria-based drinks maker is to settle US lawsuits out of court, brought by a long-time user, Benjamin Careathers, who sued the biz in New York for false advertising. Two others subsequently filed cases in California.

Careathers claimed that after a decade of necking the fizzy fuel, he did not have wings, or an improved athletic or intellectual ability, meaning Red Bull had deceived users into parting with their cash.


Lawyers acting on behalf of Careathers said they are ?seeking to redress the pervasive pattern of fraudulent, deceptive, false and otherwise unproper advertising, sales and marketing practice that the Red Bull defendants have engaged in?.

?The Red Bull defendants prey upon consumers by promising that, among other things, ?Red Bull gives you wings? by providing a mixture of ingredients that, when ingested significantly improve a consumer?s physical and mental performance?.

Continued http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10...wings_lawsuit/

So, they're turning a nuisance suit into an advertising coup? Good work, Red Bull.

:thumbsup

Along similar lines to what's happening with so-called anti-smoking adverts sponsored by the tobacco industry :2 cents:

That lawsuit is ridiculous. I hope the people who organized it die soon. They're part of the problem with our country.

dumb, even the commercials say it doesn't.

someone should lock them up. If they are truly dumb enough to believe in the wings I don't think they are mentally fit to be part of society.

I think the lawsuit is more about the "helps improve mental ...blah blah" rather than about not growing wings. Apparently they dont have the data to support their claims about improving mental acuity or however they worded that. Still a bs moneygrab lawsuit though.

$13.5 million isn't much to dole out considering all the publicity this is getting them.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a publicity stunt from the get go. They are basically allowed to give away their product as the settlement.

This is nothing more than a genius marking stunt, if you ask me.

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Wings or not, red bull is not good for the human brain or body.

I see many young people drinking red bull almost every day.

You know what ?

They are stressed out
The sleep bad
They are chaotic
They are unhappy

What they should do is getting back to basics, stop completely with any stimulants like red bull or coffee and start walking on a new path to happiness and harmony.

I guess they already have an appointment to a psychiatrist, I wonder why.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh stupid people :2 cents::2 cents:

i consume almost every weekend.Im used to mix with alcohol and its just great